DEUG

The Diplôme d'études universitaires générales (French for General Academic Studies Degree), abbreviated DEUG, was a French national degree. It was delivered between 1973 and the LMD reform () (implemented between 2003 and 2006 depending on the university) by universities one year before the license (roughly equivalent to Associate degree).

The DEUG was created in 1973 by the government department of Joseph Fontanet, and replaces the various diplomas and undergraduate studies in each faculty: the general legal diploma, the general economic diploma, the degree of literary studies and the degree of scientific studies. According to the decree of creation, the DEUG "sanctions a multidisciplinary undergraduate general education and guidance", "lessons aim to develop in students the skills and knowledge to: the expression and realization ; understanding of the contemporary world, the study and use of concepts and scientific methods". Regarding the opportunities of this degree, "the lessons are organized to allow students who are studying to be admitted to a graduate or graduate, or at another university, students who do not pursue can directly enter the workforce". The courses leading to this degree span two years and only one time twice a year is normally permitted. Orders of 1 March 1973 set the agenda of the general university degree in six mentions: law, economics, economic and social administration, humanities (with sections philosophy, sociology, psychology, history and geography), science (sections: science and structures of matter, the natural sciences and life). Educational programs include 50 to 60% of required courses defined by national laws for each section and mention, they also have at least 5% of modern language teaching and 30 to 40% over the choice of universities with 10 to 20% of courses from outside the section or the main entry to the choice of students, such as "sociology and social psychology" for students of the word "science". According to the statements, the total minimum teaching for this degree is 700 to 1100 hours.

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